Pretium Resources Inc.: More High-Grade Gold Intersected in Valley of the Kings Zone
(firmenpresse) - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/10/11 -- Pretium Resources Inc. ("Pretivm") (TSX: PVG) is pleased to report the final assay results from its Brucejack Project in northern British Columbia, including more exceptionally high-grade results from the Valley of the Kings Zone. (See Table 2 below for the final 26 holes.)
Valley of the Kings Zone
Selected highlights include:
The bonanza-grade intercept in hole SU-266, which ended in mineralization, was intersected in an interval of 5.5 meters with cut grades of 36.8 grams of gold and 261.9 grams of silver per tonne (uncut grades of 1,414.6 grams of gold and 751.6 grams of silver per tonne.)
Also of note from drilling in the West Zone footwall is hole SU-282, which intersected 0.65 meters grading 395.0 grams of gold and 435.0 grams of silver per tonne in a wider mineralized intersection of 209.18 meters grading 2.5 grams of gold and 29.5 grams of silver per tonne.
2011 Top Brucejack High-Grade Gold Intersections
Over the course of the 2011 drilling program at Brucejack, a total of 24 intervals with uncut grades over 1,000 grams per tonne gold were intersected in 17 holes. The top ten highest-grading gold intersections from the 2011 program (all from the Valley of the Kings Zone) are shown in Table 1 below.
Table 1: 2011 Top Ten Highest-Grading Gold Intersections from the Brucejack Project (1)(2)(5)
The update to the Brucejack Project mineral resource estimate is now underway, and is expected to be reported this quarter.
Table 2: Selected Brucejack Project Drill Results, November 2011 (SU-261 to SU-288)(1,4)
Kenneth C. McNaughton, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., Chief Exploration Officer, Pretium Resources Inc. is the Qualified Person (QP) responsible for the Brucejack Project exploration program.
About Pretivm
Pretivm is creating value through gold at its advanced-staged exploration projects Brucejack and Snowfield, located in northern British Columbia. Pretivm is advancing the high-grade, underground gold opportunity at Brucejack and the bulk tonnage opportunities at both Brucejack and Snowfield.
Forward Looking Statement
This Press Release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information may include, but is not limited to, information with respect to our plans, costs and timing for future exploration (including updated resource estimates) and development activities, results of future exploration, timing and receipt of approvals, consents and permits under applicable legislation, production and developments in our operations in future periods and adequacy of financial resources. Wherever possible, words such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "anticipate" or "does not anticipate", "believe", "intend" and similar expressions or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved, have been used to identify forward-looking information. Statements concerning mineral resource estimates may also be deemed to constitute forward-looking information to the extent that they involve estimates of the mineralization that will be encountered if the property is developed. Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as "expects", "anticipates", "plans", "projects", "estimates", "assumes", "intends", "strategy", "goals", "objectives", "potential" or variations thereof, or stating that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative of any of these terms and similar expressions) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking information, including, without limitation, those risks identified in Pretivm's final short-form prospectus dated April 4, 2011 filed on SEDAR at . Forward-looking information is based on the expectations and opinions of Pretivm's management on the date the statements are made. The assumptions used in the preparation of such statements, although considered reasonable at the time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise. We do not assume any obligation to update forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by applicable law. For the reasons set forth above, prospective investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information.
The TSX has neither approved nor disapproved of the information contained herein.
Contacts:
Pretium Resources Inc.
Robert Quartermain
President and Chief Executive Officer
(604) 558-1784
Pretium Resources Inc.
Michelle Romero
Investor Relations Director
(604) 558-1784
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